Chapter 23 - Gunbai's Defeat

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"Very well then, I shall punish you with death!" Jiro announced angrily, yanking his katana out of the ground and running at Madara with blinding speed.

He's fast! But my eyes can see him.

Madara brought Gunbai up to block Jiro's sword and swung his kama at him, but Jiro was quick to react too and quickly dodged it.

"Not bad." Jiro said through gritted teeth, exerting strength into his strike and trying to overpower his opponent.

"Then how about this..." Jiro's eyes flashed a bloody red and a black pattern eventually formed in his eyes. Madara watched this happen in point blank view and frowned in utter confusion. Was this an Uchiha?

"How...?" Madara quickly jumped back and looked at his opponent with narrowed eyes.

How did this man have the Mangekyou Sharingan?

"From Otsutsuki-sama," Jiro guessed Madara's thoughts and answered them with a smug smirk. "He grants me great power, you see."

"No wonder." Madara muttered darkly, he rested Gunbai next to him and quickly weaved a few hand signs. "Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation."

Jiro watched as the flames poured out of Madara's mouth and smirked. A simple fire jutsu cannot defeat me.

Madara watched as a wave of fire that covered over 20 meters in distance towered over Jiro, rushing at him at a fast speed.

Jiro weaved a few signs in return and released a strong water style jutsu to counter Madara's fire Style jutsu.

"Water Style: Water Formation Wall." A large wall of water was released from Jiro's mouth and crashed into the fire, forming a large eruption of thick steam.

Just as I wanted, Madara thought with a smile.

He formed a few hand signs and jumped high into the air. Fire Style: Dragon Flame Caterwaul. Ten large fireballs each took on the form of a fierce dragon head and flew down towards Jiro through the steam.

"Showing off his ninjutsu, is he?" Jiro scowled, forming the correct hands sign and slamming his hands down on the ground. "Earth Style: Giant Mud Wall!"

The steam suddenly parted slightly as Madara landed behind Jiro, swinging his kama down at the man's head.

"Damnit-" Jiro turned around and barely blocked Madara's heavy strike in time, flying through the air and crashing into his own earth wall. Madara hurriedly jumped backwards a few meters just as the dragon head fireballs crashed down upon Jiro. He watched cautiously as the steam slowly dispersed, revealing a small patch of crumbled earth that his fire had not incinerated. But where was he?

"You're pretty good, I'll admit that." Jiro jumped down in front of Madara while swinging his katana down, using his momentum to boost his swing's strength. Madara quickly swapped weapons in his hands and blocked Jiro's katana with his Gunbai, gritting his teeth as the rock beneath him began to break. Jiro watched as Madara struggled and sneered.

This was what he was waiting for!

"With the power bestowed upon me by God," Jiro said with a sneer on his face. "I shall-"

Alarms rang off in Madara's head so he tried to back off but Jiro's heavy strike forced Madara to stay standing there on defense, Madara held Gunbai over him for dear life as a layer of rock beneath him crumbled.

"Break your weapon." The words floated into Madara's ears and he watched as Jiro's sword glowed an eerie white, and then he saw it. Gunbai, the weapon made with an unbreakable material, even if smashed repeatedly into bedrock it would never break. But now it began to crack.

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